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15DVD MAGAZINE Outstanding animation, VFX and motion graphics for design and advertising

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There is a lot you could say about 2005 but the one thought lodged stubbornly in my head is, “Damn, we made it.” The Tsunami got us off to a ripping start and the year’s subsequent natural disaster narrative was kept aloft by a sad cast of hurricanes and earthquakes. Not to be outdone by Mother Nature, we manufactured our own sequence of tragedies, most notably in London and Iraq.

While our computer monitors often bring us face to face with these events via online news, the cozy glow of our pixel-paneled industry can also be a firewall between us and the real world; letting in only the stuff we want to be important. Not to say iPod video, the future of AOL, the diagonal inch-endowment of your TV, and with whom Jessica is really sleeping are all, in some context, not important.

Thanks to Nick Park, the multi-Oscar winner and founder of Aardman Animation, I now have a template for putting into context the daily traumas that pummel my sissy-ass being. The next time the FTP gags four minutes before deadline or I get the middle seat from Istanbul to Kennedy, I will recall what Mr. Park said this October after a warehouse fire destroyed decades worth of sets and props from his most memorable films, “In light of other tragedies, today isn’t a big deal.”

Here’s hoping your holidays are fabulous.

Stephen Price EditorNew York December 2005

stashDVD MAGAZINE 15

For AMV BBDOCDs: Ian Heartfield, Matt Doman Producer: Yvonne Chalkley

For Kleinman Productions Producer: Johnnie Frankel Editor: Steve Gandolfi

For Framestore CFCVFX super/lead Inferno: William Bartlett Inferno: Alex Thomas Additional Inferno: Murray Butler, Jonathan Hairman Junior Inferno: Chris Redding Roto: Nicha Kumkeaw, Daria Ashley CGI super: Andy Boyd Sr CGI: Dan Seddon CGI: Jamie Isles, David Mellor, James Healy, Laura Dias, Chris Syborn, Alex Doyle, Michele Fabbro, Joe Thornley Lead animator: Quentin Miles Animators: Nicklas Andersson, Craig Penn, Don Mahmood Jr CGI: Rob Richardson CGI tracking: Joe Leavson Telecine: Matthew Turner Producer: Scott Griffin PA: Sarah Goodwin

ToolkitInferno, Maya, Houdini 3D

GUINNESS “NOITULOVE” Cinema and TVC :60

Agency: AMV BBDO

Director: DANIEL KLEINMAN

Production: KLEINMAN PRODUCTIONS

VFX/animation: FRAMESTORE CFC www.framestore-cfc.com

London’s Framestore CFC contribute a confounding tidbit to the current debate about evolution with this digital assemblage of CG creatures, trees, grasslands, rivers, waterfalls, a meteorite, green screen footage, ape-man make-up, live action plates of Icelandic scenery, thirsty mudskippers plus time-lapse footage of baking bread and boiling sugar standing in for evolving rock. Production schedule: three months.

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For AMV BBDOCDs: Ian Heartfield, Matt Doman Producer: Yvonne Chalkley

For Kleinman Productions Producer: Johnnie Frankel Editor: Steve Gandolfi

For Framestore CFCVFX super/lead Inferno: William Bartlett Inferno: Alex Thomas Additional Inferno: Murray Butler, Jonathan Hairman Junior Inferno: Chris Redding Roto: Nicha Kumkeaw, Daria Ashley CGI super: Andy Boyd Sr CGI: Dan Seddon CGI: Jamie Isles, David Mellor, James Healy, Laura Dias, Chris Syborn, Alex Doyle, Michele Fabbro, Joe Thornley Lead animator: Quentin Miles Animators: Nicklas Andersson, Craig Penn, Don Mahmood Jr CGI: Rob Richardson CGI tracking: Joe Leavson Telecine: Matthew Turner Producer: Scott Griffin PA: Sarah Goodwin

ToolkitInferno, Maya, Houdini 3D

For The MillProduction: Stephen Venning, Liz Browne 3D super/lead character animator: Ben Smith Lead animator/fight scene: Martin Gauvreau Character animators: Martin Gauvreau, Maarten Heistra, Jordi Bares, Jamie Lancaster, Quentin Miles, Ivor Griffin Lighting/rendering: Laurent Makowski, Vincent Baertsoen, Sam Driscoll, Robert Kolbeins, Aiden Gibbons

Lead Flame: Barnsley Flame: Rich Roberts Flame assist: Mark Payne TK: Paul Harrison

For Final CutEditor: Jo Guest

ToolkitXSi, Maya, Shake, Flame, Spirit

SONY PSP “A DAY IN THE LIFE” TVC :60

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Agency: TBWA

Director: ALEX RUTHERFORD

Production: RSA FILMS

VFX/animation: THE MILLwww.the-mill.com

A safe bet to collect major hardware next awards season, this :60 started life as an agency brief to create a constantly changing entity made up of the PSP icons for gaming, music, film and photography. The tricky part was said entity could resemble neither human nor animal and could not possess legs or wheels. To that end, the first month of The Mill’s production schedule was set aside for design and motion tests.

For TBWA Producer: Diane Croll

For RSA Films Advisor to the director: Chris Cunningham Producer: Kate Taylor

HONDA CIVIC “REBIRTH” TVC :60

Agency: RPA

Director: JJ & MAITHY

Production/animation: HORNET INC. www.hornetinc.com

Joan Miro on acid comes to mind, but regardless of how you describe it, with only flashes of the car and logo in the final seconds, this is easily the year’s most decidedly abstract spot. Co-director JJ explains the inspiration for the tripped-out visuals, “We took elements that represented sensory qualities, elements that people could attribute to experiencing this car, whether feeling the new curves with your hand, hearing the unique engine sounds, or just seeing the beautiful exterior and interior. We really want people to think differently about the new Civic, thus we had to present something different.”

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For RPAAD: Van Secrist Project manager: Jay Sosnicki

For Hornet Inc. Producer: Andrew Isaacson Animators: Justin Walker, Maithy Tran, Scott Friedman

Music/sound design: Simon Pyke

TookitCinema 4D, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator

For RPAAD: Van Secrist Project manager: Jay Sosnicki

For Hornet Inc. Producer: Andrew Isaacson Animators: Justin Walker, Maithy Tran, Scott Friedman

Music/sound design: Simon Pyke

TookitCinema 4D, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator

HONDA CIVIC “KEYHOLE” TVC :30

Agency: RPA

Director: A52

Production: PECUBU PRODUCTIONS

VFX/animation: A52 www.a52.com

West Hollywood VFX studio A52 makes the leap into the director’s chair with this 30 second component of RPA’s year-long multiplatform push for the 2006 Honda Civic – the model’s eighth cycle redesign. Working without a script or storyboards, the RPA/Rock Paper Scissors/A52 team conceived the spot in pre-vis, built the environments in 3D around the live-action vehicle and finished in 1080p HD.

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For RPACDs: David Smith, Joe Baratelli AD: Nathan Crow Copy: Camille Sze Producer: Gary Paticoff

For Pecubu ProductionsLine producer: Kathy Rhodes DP: Tobias Schliessler

For Rock Paper ScissorsEditor: Angus Wall

For A52EP: Mark Tobin Producer: Ron Cosentino VFX super/lead Inferno: Patrick Murphy Flame: Tim Bird, Justin Blaustein CG VFX super/on-set VFX super: Andy Hall CG: Dan Guiterrez, Craig “X-Ray” Halperin, Helen Maier, Maxx Okazaki, Brandon Perlow, Casey Schatz, Max Ulichney, Vania Alban-Zapata Pre-vis: Casey Schatz

Music: Hum, Santa Monica

ToolkitInferno, Flame, Mental Ray, Maya

HONDA CIVIC “TAILPIPE” TVC :30

Agency: RPA

Director: SHYNOLA

Animation: SHYNOLAwww.shynola.com

The four art-boys from Kent, (Richard “Kenny” Kenworthy, Gideon Baws, Jason Groves and Chris Harding) aka Shynola, veer briefly out of cult-hero status into mainstream traffic with this tightly choreographed auto-fantasy for Honda.

For ShynolaProducer: Sara Seiferheld EP: Cayce Cole Animation/design: Richard Kenworthy, Gideon Baws, Jason Groves, Chris Harding

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PUROLATOR “INVISI-BIKES” TVC :30

Agency: PUBLICIS, TORONTO

Director: EDEN DIEBEL

Production: SPY FILMS

VFX: TOPIX www.topix.com

Topix logs extensive roto and rebuild work to create the invisible bikes for this spot that aired across Canada. The Toronto studio removed the black stripped-down bikes in Inferno using hundreds of digital stills shot on set to paint back the feet, legs, arms, hands, bodies and butts of the riders. With no empty warehouse of the required size available, a smaller building was doubled in size with matte paintings and additional shelving added in 3ds Max.

For Publicis CD: Duncan Bruce ACD/copy: Dave Daga ACD/AD: Matt Litzinger Producer: Steve Emmens

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For Spy FilmsDP: Glen Keenan Producer: Polly DuPlessis

For TopixProducer: Laurie Kerr Sr Inferno: Alex Boothby Inferno: Dominik Bochenski, Julia Deakin Animator: Tom Morrison Designer: Matt Greenwood

For Flashcut:Editor: Mick Griffin

Toolkit3ds Max, After Effects, Inferno

SUBARU “STONE AGE” TVC :30

Agency: DDB, NEW YORK

Director: BRUCE DOWAD

VFX: R!OTwww.rioting.com

A Flintstone-inspired poke at dilettante SUVs, this :30 from VFX/post veterans R!OT and director Bruce Dowad solves the bulk of its challenges in-camera by placing 600 pound fiberglass vehicle shells over the bare-legged talent, then removing wheeled supports in post. Digital enhancements were used to augment the practical weather elements and to help the shells look like they were actually made of glass and sheet metal.

Watch Behind the Scenes on the DVD.

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For DDB, New YorkAD: Melanie Forster Copy: Mike Sullivan Producer: Sam Milgrim

For Bruce Dowad AssociatesEP: Jessica Carlson

For R!OTVFX EP: D. Todd Davidovich Producer: Erin Hicke VFX super: Andy MacDonald CG: Mike Johnson, Josh Hooker, Dave Carlson, Richard Wardlow Combustion: Cecile Tecson, Kurt Lawson Inferno: Verdi Sevenhuysen, Wensen Sean Wilson, Simon Holden, Tim Norman, Andy MacDonald Assists: Jared Benedict, Gaelon Swift

ToolkitMaya, Inferno, Combustion

For DDB, New YorkAD: Melanie Forster Copy: Mike Sullivan Producer: Sam Milgrim

For Bruce Dowad AssociatesEP: Jessica Carlson

For R!OTVFX EP: D. Todd Davidovich Producer: Erin Hicke VFX super: Andy MacDonald CG: Mike Johnson, Josh Hooker, Dave Carlson, Richard Wardlow Combustion: Cecile Tecson, Kurt Lawson Inferno: Verdi Sevenhuysen, Wensen Sean Wilson, Simon Holden, Tim Norman, Andy MacDonald Assists: Jared Benedict, Gaelon Swift

ToolkitMaya, Inferno, Combustion

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE “REFLECTION” TVC : 30

Agency: DDBO, Detroit

Director: IAIN MACKENZIE

Production: TIGHT FILMS

VFX: RESOLUTION DESIGNwww.resolutiondesign.com.au

Sydney-based animation/VFX/post boutique Resolution Design teams up with BBDO Detroit and director Iain Mackenzie of Santa Monica’s Tight Films to create this elegant worldwide spot for Jeep’s flagship vehicle. The vast brooding exteriors were shot in Scotland and enhanced in post; the final shot of the stone bridge was recreated in 3D/2D using elements from an existing bridge and then composited into the live action.

For Tight Films EP: Jonathan Ker

For Resolution DesignCD: Tim Dyroff Producer: Will Alexander

ToolkitInferno, Flame, Combustion

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PONTIAC “WORLDS” TVC :60

Agency: LEO BURNETT, DETROIT

Director: PLEIX

Production: BLINKwww.blinkprods.com

Animation/VFX: THE MILLwww.the-mill.com

French directing team Pleix and The Mill take the Pontiac G6 Coupe, Torrent and Solstice through 33 3D-enhanced shots. The effort included writing a custom 2D Shake plug-in to create the motion blur for the light trails, employing 20 different Sparks, using the soundtrack to graphically synchronize the light sequence projected onto the buildings, and morphing techniques to make the transitions between the live action vehicles.

For Leo Burnett, Detroit CDs: Jon Cymbal, Brain Cusac Producer: Kristin Redman

For BlinkProducers: Bart Yates, Jeremy Smith

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For The Mill Production team: Lee Pavey, Jo Sheppard Lead Flame: Yourick van Impe CG super: Russell Tickner CG team: Andrew Proctor, Rob Petrie, Oscar Gonzalez, Jordi Bares, Martin Contel, Aiden Gibbons, Eva-Marie Kuehlmann, Matthieu Bessudo, Douglas Laissance, Xavier Zahra Flame assist: Giles Cheetham, David Birkhill, Ant Walsham, Richard Roberts, Ben Turner, Lise Prudhomme Support: Paul Wilmot, Grianne Freeman TK: Seamus O’Kane, Paul Harrison

For The WhitehouseEditor: Neil Smith

ToolkitXSI, Inferno, Shake, Combustion, Spirit

For The Mill Production team: Lee Pavey, Jo Sheppard Lead Flame: Yourick van Impe CG super: Russell Tickner CG team: Andrew Proctor, Rob Petrie, Oscar Gonzalez, Jordi Bares, Martin Contel, Aiden Gibbons, Eva-Marie Kuehlmann, Matthieu Bessudo, Douglas Laissance, Xavier Zahra Flame assist: Giles Cheetham, David Birkhill, Ant Walsham, Richard Roberts, Ben Turner, Lise Prudhomme Support: Paul Wilmot, Grianne Freeman TK: Seamus O’Kane, Paul Harrison

For The WhitehouseEditor: Neil Smith

ToolkitXSI, Inferno, Shake, Combustion, Spirit

WASHINGTON DEPT OF HEALTH “PARK”, “REC ROOM” TVCs :30 x 2

Agency: SEDGWICK RD, SEATTLE

Director: CHEL WHITE

Production/animation: BENT IMAGE LAB www.bentimagelab.com

Portland’s other master of stop-motion, Chel White, says he created these haunting and understated PSAs with his two daughters, ages 10 and 12, in mind, “Our ultimate goal was to create miniature films that will stick in the minds of young people. Kids are sophisticated, they don’t want to be talked down to.” The spots are part of a campaign that also includes temporary tattoos, scratch and sniff cards and the website AshtrayMouth.com.

For Sedgwick RdECD: Jim Walker Associate CDs: Zach Hitner, Forrest Healy AD: Mishy Cass Copy: Scott Stripling Producer: Jay Howard

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For Bent Image LabDirector: Chel White EP: Ray Di Carlo Producer: Mark Axton Coordinator: Gayle Griffin Editor: Steve Miller Post-prod super: Randy Wakerlin Compositing: Randy Wakerlin, Orland Nutt, Steve Balzer, Jon Weigand

AD: Curt Enderle Animators: Jeff Riley, Rob Shaw Composers: Ethan Rose, Daniel Menche

ToolkitAfter Effects

For DownstreamColorist: Jim Barrett Mixer/engineer: Lance Limbocker

For Clatter & Din Composer/arranger: Eric Johnson

RESFEST 2005 “MARS PATROL” “CHICKEN PHEONIX” Festival trailers

Client: RES

Director: STEPHAN NADELMAN

Production/animation: CURIOUS PICTURESwww.curiouspictures.com

For its ninth edition, international culture-feast RESFEST continues a tradition of commissioning intriguing trailers with these pieces from NY-based Stephan Nadelman. Of his control room/spheroid robot concept, the director says, “The monitors represent all the films, all the filmmakers, all the cities where RESFEST travels. And the main character in the control room can be you. It’s your brain. I try to stay away from using human characters because I don’t want to pick male or female or black or white, so I picked the simplest form I could think of.”

ToolkitAfter Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator

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MTV ASIA ID Broadcast design

Director: FONS SCHIEDON

Design/animation: FONZTEEVEEwww.fonztv.nl

Amsterdam-based designer/director Fons Schiedon explains the intricate process in creating this tribute to the ultimate rock cliché, “The first idea was to actually train a real monkey to smash guitars. This went fine, but it turned out impossible to teach the bear to drive the monster truck, with the manual gear and all. Quickly it was decided to do it all in animation instead. Although completely made in Flash, the animation was treated in post to look as if it was hand drawn, Xeroxed and badly colored. Creating the sound design involved the actual smashing of 35 instruments and driving a monster truck into a huge MTV logo.”

ToolkitFlash, After Effects, Blender, Illustrator, Photoshop, PremierePro

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NICKTOONS REFRESH Broadcast design

Client: NICKTOONS NETWORK

CDs: THOMAS MARKERT, DARWIN TOMLINSON

Animation: EXOPOLIS www.exopolis.com

In preparation for Nicktoon’s shift to a 24-hour, advertiser-supported channel, LA’s Exopolis creates a frenetically campy redesign aimed at the network’s six-12 demographic. The package included promo packages, IDs, navigational elements, stand-alone animations, logo treatments, a cross-channel spot called “Three Headed Monster” and a modular system of informational elements like Post-It notes, Polaroids and torn paper designed to be arranged haphazardly on top of the animation.

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For NicktoonsCD: Thomas Markert GM: Keith Dawkins Sound design: Yuri Lane

For ExopolisCD: Darwin Tomlinson AD: Brien Holman EP: Mandy Martin Designers: Brien Holman, Jason Cook, Gmunk, Justin Blyth Producer: Mike Harvkey 2D animators: Jayson Whitmore, Brien Holman, Greg Reynard, Dan Meehan, Bill Sneed, Jake Portman 3D animators: Greg Reynard, Dan Meehan, Jake Portman, Justin Blyth, Jason Cook Editors: Jayson Whitmore, Jayson Whitmore, Bill Sneed, Greg Reynard Writers: Charlie Short, Mike Harvkey

ToolkitAfter Effects, Cinema 4D, Quicktime Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop

For NicktoonsCD: Thomas Markert GM: Keith Dawkins Sound design: Yuri Lane

For ExopolisCD: Darwin Tomlinson AD: Brien Holman EP: Mandy Martin Designers: Brien Holman, Jason Cook, Gmunk, Justin Blyth Producer: Mike Harvkey 2D animators: Jayson Whitmore, Brien Holman, Greg Reynard, Dan Meehan, Bill Sneed, Jake Portman 3D animators: Greg Reynard, Dan Meehan, Jake Portman, Justin Blyth, Jason Cook Editors: Jayson Whitmore, Jayson Whitmore, Bill Sneed, Greg Reynard Writers: Charlie Short, Mike Harvkey

ToolkitAfter Effects, Cinema 4D, Quicktime Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop

CURRENT TV IDs Broadcast design (montage)

CD: ALEXEI TYLEVICH

Design/animation: LOGAN www.hellologan.com

Venice CA design/directing studio Logan lay down the complete on-air look for Al Gore’s new youth-focused TV channel by creating a full network design package and over 50 show opens. Current’s programming is made up of short-form “pods”, many of which are contributed by viewers. The Current TV logo was designed by the legendary Peter Saville and Brett Wickens of Meta Design.

For LoganCD: Alexei Tylevich EP: Kevin Shapiro

Toolkit:Photoshop, After Effects, Final Cut

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© Copyright 2005 Alias Systems Corp. All rights reserved. Alias, the swirl logo, Maya and MotionBuilder are registered trademarks and the Maya logo is a trademarkof Alias Systems Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.

FOX BRAND REFRESH Broadcast design

Client: FOX NETWORKS

Director: TROIKA

Design/animation: TROIKA DESIGN GROUPwww.troika.com

Coming off a season in which the network finished first in the coveted 18 to 49 demographic, FOX gets a new fall wardrobe from LA’s Troika Design Studio. The on-air package, delivered in 16 x 9 and 4 x 3 formats, includes customizable station IDs, promo toolkits, menus, billboards, an array of animated logos and a library of custom sound design elements. The package will help unify the promotional look of fox-originated and local programming from the network’s 180 affiliates.

For FOX NetworksEVP marketing/OAP: Chris Carlisle VP network branding/special operations: Dean Norris Editor: Rob Mape Writer/producer: Justin Seeley

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For TroikaECD: Dan Pappalardo CD/designer: Sonia Lamba Concept design: Gil Haslam EP: Chuck Carey Producer: Holly Eddy Associate producer: Jessica Ferguson Designer: Heather Kim Animators: Mark McConnell, Ming Hsiung, John Narun, Tosh Kodama Design assistants: Natasha Lee, Hema Mulchandani

Editors: Joe Botana, Hans Lee, Tim Samuel Composer: Rob Cairns

ToolkitAfter Effects, Cinema 4D, Maya, Illustrator, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro

MTV ARTBREAKS IDs

Two MTV Artbreaks from a commissioned series including the work of 48 international artists given free reign to interpret the network in IDs from five-60 seconds long.

“TREIGBUT” Student film

Director: RUEDIGER KALTENHAESER

School: FILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WUERTENBERGwww.animationsinstitut.de

Set VFX: Markus Lauterbach Camera: Armin Franzen, Felix Poplawsky Producer: Robin Sturm

“MUSIC FLOWER” Short film

Director: ROBOT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. www.robot.co.jp

Producer: Emi Matsumoto

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THE FLAMING LIPS “YOU GOTTA HOLD ON” Music video

Client: COCA-COLA M5

Record label: EMI

Agency: HHCL UNITED

Director: LOBO

Production: THE EBELING GROUP

Design/animation: LOBO www.lobo.cx

Coca-Cola launches a limited edition aluminum contour bottle by commissioning designers on five continents to dream up package graphics and short films. The South American volley — from Sao Paulo’s Lobo and set to “You Gotta Hold On” by the Flaming Lips — is a stop motion tale of robots determined to shape their own destiny.


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For Coca-Cola M5CD: Peter Schelstraete

For EMIMusic super: Liza Richardson

For The Ebeling GroupEP: Mick Ebeling HOP: Alexander Dervin Producer: Martha Smith

For LoboCD: Mateus de Paula Santos HOP: Loic Lima Dubois Producer: João Tenório Design/animation: Carlos Bêla, Raquel Falkenbach, Diogo Kalil, Roger Marmo Screenplay: Michael Arms, Guilherme Marcondes, João Tenório Storyboard: Cadu Macedo Editing: Joao Tenorio Flame: Daniel Mattos Sound effects/editing: Paulo Beto Stop-motion: Michael Arms Animation assist: Marcelo A. M. Pereira Puppet construction: Gustavo de Magalhães Technician: Iara Furuse Abigalil Set production: Ana Paula Garroux DOP: Paulo de Tarso

For Coca-Cola M5CD: Peter Schelstraete

For EMIMusic super: Liza Richardson

For The Ebeling GroupEP: Mick Ebeling HOP: Alexander Dervin Producer: Martha Smith

For LoboCD: Mateus de Paula Santos HOP: Loic Lima Dubois Producer: João Tenório Design/animation: Carlos Bêla, Raquel Falkenbach, Diogo Kalil, Roger Marmo Screenplay: Michael Arms, Guilherme Marcondes, João Tenório Storyboard: Cadu Macedo Editing: Joao Tenorio Flame: Daniel Mattos Sound effects/editing: Paulo Beto Stop-motion: Michael Arms Animation assist: Marcelo A. M. Pereira Puppet construction: Gustavo de Magalhães Technician: Iara Furuse Abigalil Set production: Ana Paula Garroux DOP: Paulo de Tarso

KOZZMOZZ “K-LIQUID”, “10 YEARS KOZZMOZZ” Event trailers

Client: KOZZMOZZ

Director: RIZON PARIEN

Design/animation: RIZON PARIENwww.rizon.be

Rizon Parien is a freelance graphic designer for motion and print based in Antwerp. These two pieces were created for his long-time client Kozzmozz, a Belgian producer of underground electronic music events. “The animations were made without any restrictions or guidelines, more of a favor,” says Parien. “It’s a nice way to explore new dimensions in 3D motion graphics.”

Music: Mike Wells of Gridlock (K-Liquid), Jimmy Edgar (10 Years Kozzmozz)

ToolkitRealflow, Cinema 4D, After Effects

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“THE FLIGHT THAT FOUGHT BACK” Title sequence

Client: THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL

CD: Karin Fong

Design/animation: IMAGINARY FORCES www.imaginaryforces.com

Discovery Channel’s tribute film to the 40 passengers on United Airlines flight 93 retells the plane’s final moments as those on board fought to regain control of the aircraft on September 11, 2001 and includes rarely heard voice recordings and transcripts of the calls from passengers to family members and emergency personnel. “We wanted to take a minimalist approach with the titles,” explains IF CD Karin Fong. “We felt it would be more powerful and emotional to focus on the sounds and drama.”

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For Imaginary ForcesCD: Karin Fong EP: Anita Olan Producer: Claudina Mercado Designers: Karin Fong, Stan Lim, Ronnie Koff Animators: Stan Lim, Grant Lau, Clint Chang Editor: Peter Johnson Inferno: Tim Norman, Andy Dill, Ed Black HOP: Ben Apley Coordinator: Justin Greenlee

ToolkitInferno, After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Cinema 4D, Final Cut Pro

For Imaginary ForcesCD: Karin Fong EP: Anita Olan Producer: Claudina Mercado Designers: Karin Fong, Stan Lim, Ronnie Koff Animators: Stan Lim, Grant Lau, Clint Chang Editor: Peter Johnson Inferno: Tim Norman, Andy Dill, Ed Black HOP: Ben Apley Coordinator: Justin Greenlee

ToolkitInferno, After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Cinema 4D, Final Cut Pro

BITMAN & ROBAN “TATITA” Music video

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For BidetDirectors/animators: Andres Rodriguez, Moises Arancibia

For VertigoSmoke: Tomas Roca, Sergio Rodriguez

Toolkit:After Effects, Flash, 3ds Max, Smoke, Freehand

Record label: BIZARRO

Director: BIDET

Design/animation: BIDET VERTIGO www.bidet.cl www.vertigoprod.com

Santiago-based motion graphics studio Bidet bring a certain breezy charm to this video (shot in HD and finished in three weeks) for the Chilean electroband known as Bitman & Roban. “The band just gave us one condition,” says the directing duo of Andres Rodriguez and Moises Arancibia, “Use food or anything that makes sense with the album’s name (“After Lunch Music”). So we decided to make a tribute to a classic TV show and cooking products that you can find in every Chilean kitchen because they have some very cool graphic elements to play with.”


COKE “REFRESH” TVC :30

Agency: HERD BOUYS MCANN-ERICKSON

Director: CONDUIT

Design/animation: CONDUIT www.conduit.co.za

Cape Town design/animation/production studio Conduit slides the Coke brand into hipster mograph territory with this budget-challenged spot that subs still photography for live action backgrounds. Working without a specific direction or storyboards, one multitasking animator/photographer designed and produced the commercial with two weeks from initial brief to final delivery.

ToolkitAfter Effects, Photoshop, Freehand, Canon EOS 20 D

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TARGET DENIM NATION “TRAIN”, “FLOWER” Cinema and TVCs :30 x 2

Agency: THE CAMPAIGN PALACE / RED CELL

Director: JOEL PRONT

Production: GOODOIL FILMS

VFX/animation: COLLIDERwww.collider.com.au

Target’s repositioning from dowdy to cool in the Great Downunder gets an assertive kick in the right direction with these two spots from Sydney’s design and production studio Collider, who combined live action, 2D and 3D to spotlight Target’s line of denim. The campaign integrates these spots with out-of-home, magazine and catalogue point-of-sale into an annual marketing spend of $20 million AUD.

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For The Campaign Palace / Red CellCDs: Tony Leishman, Christine Isaac

For GoodOil FilmsProducer: Juliet Bishop

For ColliderVFX design director: Andrew van der Westhuyzen

For Plug MusicComposer: Peter Issac

JACK’S MANNEQUIN “MIXTAPE” Music video

Record label: MAVERICK, WARNER BROTHERS MUSIC

Director: CHRIS DO

Design/animation: FULL TANK www.fulltank.tv

Jack’s Mannequin is a side project for keyboardist and lead singer Andrew McMahon of Something Corporate who, at 23, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphatic Leukemia just before this video was commissioned. Working from dreams McMahon related while undergoing chemotherapy in Los Angeles, Fulltank wrote a treatment calling for hand drawn and 3D environments to match the ailing musician’s vision. Over three and a half weeks the art was woven together with footage roto’d from the only existing performance of the band singing the track. McMahon is expected to make a full recovery.

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For FulltankCD/director: Chris Do EP: Ben Morris Designers/animators: Lizeth Romero, William Sneed, Kurt Miller, Brian Castleforte Roto: Rob Ross, Nicole Ruby Editor: Michael Perlmutter

TookitAfter Effects, Cinema 4D, Final Cut Pro, Particular, Photoshop, Illustrator

For FulltankCD/director: Chris Do EP: Ben Morris Designers/animators: Lizeth Romero, William Sneed, Kurt Miller, Brian Castleforte Roto: Rob Ross, Nicole Ruby Editor: Michael Perlmutter

TookitAfter Effects, Cinema 4D, Final Cut Pro, Particular, Photoshop, Illustrator

NIKE “LEBRON JAMES”, “KOBE BRYANT” In store spots :30 x 2

Director: BUCK

Animation: BUCK www.buckla.com

LA-based Buck continues its ascent up the ranks of young/ambitious/talented design and production studios with these spots created to run in Nike retail locations as part of the Sweat the Technique campaign. “The creative challenge,” says Buck CD Ryan Honey, “was taking our watercolor and ink illustrations and trying to make them 3D. We had to actually go in and paint in some of the [contour] lines because we couldn’t get the shader to work the way we wanted.”

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For Nike Sr producer: Craig Smith

For BuckCD/partner: Ryan Honey CD: Orion Tait EP: Maurie Enochson Producer: Julie Novalle Designers/Illustrators: Thomas Schmid, Benjamin Langsfeld

Animators: Paul America, Doug Wilkinson, Jeremy Sahlman, Jose Fuentes, Steve Day

Music/sound design: XY Sound

ToolkitAfter Effects, Maya

GREEN DESIGN “HYDROGEN” Documentary :50

Client: COAST

Director: ADAM PARRY

Animation: FRAMESTORE CFCwww.framestore-cfc.com

Manipulating 2D images in Inferno to cheat the appearance of 3D, director Parry creates a masterwork of brevity and clarity while expounding on the research of the University of Oxford into the use of micro-organisms to create a clean, sustainable and abundant energy source from hydrogen. The mini-documentary, produced as part of the Green Design series, was created over a month with the first week devoted to creating an animatic.

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For CoastHOP: Mac Mackenzie

For Framestore DesignDirection/design: Adam Parry Producer: Simon Whalley

ToolkitInferno

For CoastHOP: Mac Mackenzie

For Framestore DesignDirection/design: Adam Parry Producer: Simon Whalley

ToolkitInferno

JACK LINK’S BEEF JERKY Virals x 2

Agency: CARMICHAEL LYNCH

Director: AARON STEWART

Animation: HORNET INC. www.hornetinc.com

NY director Aaron Stewart brings his own brand of comic timing and minimalist animation to this series of viral spots launched on www.WildSideTips.com. Complete with flickering frames, faded images, mundane voiceover and projector noise, Stewart says he was aiming for a plausible vintage look, “We wanted a piece that would look like it could have been pulled out of Jack Link’s archive.”

For Carmichael Lynch CD: Steve Casey AD: Mike Martin Project manager: Dan Knutson

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For Hornet, Inc. EP: Michael Feder Producer: Hana Shimizu Animators: Dan Abdo, Jason Patterson Editor: Anita Chao

Sound Design: Compound

Toolkit Flash, After Effects

FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY “CHECK THE LABEL” TVC :30

Agency: HHCL UNITED

Director: RUSSELL BROOKE

Animation: PASSION PICTURES www.passion-pictures.com

Russell Brooke, probably best known for his much-feted animation of an abused child in the 2004 NSPCC “Cartoon” directed by Frank Budgen, instills his ragged immediacy into the design and direction of this hard-to-ignore :30 for the UK food watchdog the Food Standards Agency.

For HHCL United CD: Caroline Blainey, Saskia Burrows Producer: Jason Ayers

For Passion PicturesDesigner/illustrators: Russell Brooke, Siri Melchior Producer: Erika Forzy Animation: Russell Brooke, Rob Stevenhagen Editor: Tim Denin Voice overs: Alison Steadman, Reece Shearsmith, Timothy Spall

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NIKE SHOX TVC :40

Agency: SARTORIA

Director: LORENZO FONDA

Animation: CERBEROLESOwww.cerberoleso.it

Lorenzo Fonda is a designer/illustrator/animator/skateboarder living in Fabrica, Italy. He fills us in on his spot for Nike: “The agency asked me to come up with some weird ideas about a man racing with a grasshopper, which was the symbol of the campaign. They pretty much left total creative freedom to me, which resulted in a quite funny and fast-paced animation. It was a collaboration between me and Norman Bambi, a talented musician who does a lot of other things, like touring the world with his Juicypanic duo and feeding more cats than he can handle.”

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For CerberolesoDirector, illustrator, animator: Lorenzo Fonda Music: Norman Bambi

Toolkit Flash, Premiere Pro, Ableton Live

“LE BUILDING” Student film

Client: ANNECY FILM FESTIVAL 2005

Directors: OLIVIER STAPHYLAS, MARCO NGUYEN, PIERRE PERIFEL, XAVIER RAMONÈDE, RÉMI ZAAROUR

School: GOBELINS, PARIS www.gobelins.fr

Written, storyboarded, designed and produced in four and a half months by five French animation students in their final year at the Gobelins School in Paris, this opening short for the Annecy 2005 international animation festival weaves 3D, Flash and traditional 2D animation into a manic and charming tale sure to catch the eyes of talent reps on several continents. The group says the biggest challenge – after deciding on an idea they all agreed on – was blending the production techniques into one coherent look for the film. For the record: Pizza Guy, his bike, the bus and the crane are 3D; the cat on Pizza Guy’s head is animated in Flash, and the other characters are traditional 2D.

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For Gobelins SchoolCG super: Olivier Staphylas 2D: Marco Nguyen, Pierre Perifel, Xavier Ramonède, Rémi Zaarour 3D: Olivier Staphylas Sound design/music: Olivier Crouet Vocal: Manu Nabajoth

ToolkitTraditional 2D, Flash, Maya, Mental Ray, After Effects, Photoshop, Crater Software CTP, Flash, Logic Audio, Pro Tools,


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Happy daze withFonzTeeVeeDutch designer/director and self-taught animator Fons Schiedon prefers to work in many media at once. Recent projects include a series of cell spots for MTV, architectural interiors, museum exhibition design, online projects, a weekly political column and character design for a cartoon series.

“I love being forced to explore and rethink what’s interesting for a specific case – instead of using charcoal and a purple crocodile by default.” explains Scheidon.

“I can be designing a large abstract interior thing and directing an ident with a neurotic monkey singing a Kylie Minogue song – one thing feeds off the other, and it helps my work become more diverse, but also more specific and coherent.”

“I don’t have one visual style, but there is a flavor that connects the way I do jobs. Humor is a part of it, so is playfulness. Having clients who appreciate that is essential. Style is arbitrary, flavor isn’t.”

www.fonztv.nl

Behind the scenes on the set of the MTV Asia shoot.stashCOVER

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